Photographer's Note

Just arrived from Basel, Switzerland , where I stayed only one night. A photo exhibition held at the Book Fair . I had never been in Basel before, so it was a discovery, which started at 7.30 am ( before this hour it is dark in this season ) and which luckily allowed me to find some warm golden sunrays reflected on these old houses..

Hello Izzet! So you were not too far from my home (Zurich ... just an hour ride) and it is this light that attracts me in your Basel photo, a fall light, a November light like we have it for some further weeks together with the fog, until it changes again in late January when the days get longer again. I like your long version with these wonderful buildings on each side and how you included the person in the bottom. Excellent! Photo exhibition? What was it, was it you, someone else? Have a good weekend, Barbara.

I was just talking with my son today about you and the way you choose and wait for things to happen within the context of an environment - we had a nice morning talking about street photography - he is keen to do a degree in photography next year - and here is an image I can send to him to underscore our conversation. Hoping all is well with you.

I love this photograph featuring verticality, of oblique angles and orthogonals. The presence of the pedestrian is a superb touch, the presence of the human element, and of scale. I have never been in Basel before, but it is a city I want very much to see. Albert Einstein formulated the special theory of relativity there, and, indeed, enjoyed his "miracle year."